How to Name Your Georgia Business
Our TRUiC Georgia Business Name Generator can help you find an unique name for your small business. It uses AI technology to help give you the best results for your local area and industry.
Naming your Georgia business is the most important step for starting a Georgia business. How you decide to brand your business plays a critical role in the success it will have.
Here are the 3 steps to naming your Georgia business:
- Step 1: Optimize Your Georgia Business Name for SEO
- Step 2: Follow the Georgia Business Naming Rules
- Step 3: Form Your Georgia Business
Step 1: Optimize Your Georgia Business Name for SEO
To generate a great business name for your Georgia business, consider doing the following:
- Select your industry
- Add a city name to the search field above
Select Your Industry
Choosing your business industry will help our AI tool generate much better names. Also, having the industry keyword in your name will help customers easily find your business.
For example, if you’re selling books, include the industry keyword “books” in your Georgia business name; if you’re a law firm, include the keyword “legal.” Doing this will greatly help with local search engine optimization (SEO).
Selecting Your City or County
Lots of customers will find you by searching Google, and adding a city to your business name will help users find your company easier.
Examples of Local Georgia Business Names:
Step 2: Follow the Georgia Business Naming Rules
When naming businesses, you must follow the naming guidelines for Georgia, which depend on the type of business structure you have.
Georgia Naming Rules for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs):
- Your name must include the phrase “limited liability company” or one of its abbreviations (e.g., LLC or L.L.C.).
- Your name includes words that could confuse your LLC with a government agency (FBI, Treasury, State Department, etc.).
- Restricted words (e.g. Bank, Attorney, University) may require additional paperwork and a licensed individual, such as a doctor or lawyer, to be part of your LLC.
- Your name must be distinguishable from any other Georgia limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, or corporation.
For a complete list of naming rules in Georgia, you can read the Georgia naming guidelines.
Georgia Naming Rules for Corporations:
- Your name must contain one of the following words or abbreviations: corporation, incorporated, company, limited, corp., inc., co., ltd., or words or abbreviations of like meaning in another language.
- Your name must be distinguishable from all other entities on file with the Georgia Secretary of State. We will help with this step in the search for your business name section below.
- Your name cannot contain language implying that the corporation is organized for an unlawful purpose or one not stated in its articles of incorporation; it also cannot include anything the Secretary of State determines is obscene.
- Your name cannot exceed 80 characters.
- You need approval from the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner to use the following words: insurance, assurance, surety, fidelity, reinsurance, reassurance, or indemnity.
- You need approval from the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance to use the following words: bank, banc, banque, banker, banking company, banking house, bancorp, bankruptcy, credit union, savings & loan, trust, or trust company.
- You need approval from the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission to use the words “college” or “university.”
- You can find state-specific corporation naming guidelines on the Georgia Secretary of State website.
You can also read the Georgia state statute covering corporation names for more information.
Once you have a name, you can use the Georgia business search tool to see if your desired name is available.
Step 3: Form Your Georgia Business
Here are links to help you form your business.
If you are still unsure which business formation structure will work best for you and your small business, check out our Choosing a Business Structure guide for more detailed information.
If you would like a service provider to form your business for you, see our best Georgia business formation services.
Our Other Business Name Generators
We have multiple business name generators. If you want a business name generator that is good for SEO, LLCs, or domains, check out our guides below:
If you're searching for a specific business name generator by industry, check out our guides below:
After You Have a Name for Your Georgia Business:
- Get a free logo using our Logo Generator.
- Use our How to Build a Website guide for your new Georgia small business.
